Glove



Feb. 7, 1928. 1,658,113

C. E. YOUNG GLOVE Filed June 17. 1924 insana Partnr orifice.

,errantes Yonne,v or sHENANnoAH, IOWA.

GLOVE.

Application4 filed June 17, 1924. Serial No. 720,591.

This invention relates to gloves and more particularly to workmens gloves.'

The object of the invention is to construct a pair ot gloves of this character for use by mechanics who use one hand almost entirely to do the rough work7 the glove for that hand being` so constructed that itv will not wear out betore the other, and which while aiiording the necessary reinforcement material.

It is well known that brick-layers wear out the fingers ot the lett hand glove while cornshuckers wear out the fingers and also the ball ot the glove but do not wear out the palm so that this invention is designed to prevent wearing out of the fingers and ball i of' the glove and yet provide such a glove which is pliable at the palm and this is accomplished by making a reinforce for the lett hand in two pieces instead of one as has been heretofore done.

5 lilith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the y details of construction hereinafter described and claimed. it being understood that changesl in the precise embodiment of the invention licrein disclosed may be made within the scope ot what is claimed without departing lrom the spirit of the invention.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a plan view oit a blank in which the glove constituting this invention is constructed; the thumb which is pretcrably a double thumb is omitted; and

Fig. 2 is a similar view taken from the front tace off the completed glove.

In the embodiment illustra-ted the blank 1 troni which the body ot the glove is constructed as shown in Fig. 1 may be composed of canton-flannel or any suitable material and includes a back 2 and iront 8 cut from a single piece of material and provided with cooperating finger flaps ft, the front or first finger being double width as shown at 5 and folded along the dotted line 6 when the glove members are Sewed together.

The finger flaps t on the front portion of the glove are reinforced by a protector 7, the portion 8 :tor the first finger being Vmade wider than the finger iiap and extended be.-

at the desired places is more pliable than when reinforced' throughout its inner face and also affects a considerable saving in yond the line of fold 6 so that the edge of the first finger will be fully protected.

The finger protector' 7 extends overfthe entire front tace ot the finger flaps beyond the bases thereof and is stitched along the lines shown at 9 just beyond the palm 10 of the glove. Y

The ball or the glove on the front tace is reinforced by protector 11 which at its outer edge is stitched in the seam which secures the cuil 13 tothe glove and at its inner edge is stitched along the line 12 to the palm 10. It will thus be seen that the palm 10 ot the glove is not reinforced and'it will be An elongated opening 111 extends transn versely or" the glove near the wrist portion thereof in suitable position tor the passage therethrough ot the thumb. Secured in this opening 14.- is a double thumb member 15 which is also preferably lined on its inner .tace as shown at 16.

The cuil 13 is preferably composed ot knit fabric to adapt it to tit yieldably yet closely around the wrist oil the wearer and is secured to the rear edge ot the glove body by stitching.

The glove herein shown and `descrilnsd is primarily for use by corn-huskers and bricklayers who as above stated wear out their left hand gloves much faster than the right owingto the fact that the hard work is done by the lett hand, and brick-layers wear out the fingers while corn-huskers wear out both the fingers and the ball but neither wear out the palm and consequently it has been Vfound desirable to reinforce or face the fingers and ball ofv the left hand glove and to leave the palm unfaced or unreinforced so that it'will be pliable in this portion. By so forming the glove it isl not only more pliable at the palm but quite a saving in fabric is effected.

The regular two thumb glove requires three and a quarter yards of material to make twenty-tour right and lett hand gloves or a dozen pair. A corn-husker will wear out all of the lett hand side and only twelve of the right sides or palm. With this new facing, which requires only one yardV additional material forty-eight lett .hand and twenty-tour right hand gloves are produced and both sides of each are worn out. A demonstration by a brick layer of a pair appears to produce a cushion which lessens.

the 'friction and increases the Wear.

I claim;

In a Workmans glove, a body portion including a back and front section cut from a single piece of material and provided with cooperating linger iiaps, a protecting portion formed of Wear resisting material and constructed with linger iiaps positioned over the Vlinger flaps of the front section, a front protecting strip secured to the front of the front section, said front protecting` strip having an inclined edge arranged in spaced relation With one edge oi" the first mentioned protecting strip to permit the iront section 1 to bend freely, and a thumb member secured to the body portion. f

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own7 I have hereto afiixed my signature.

CHARLES n. YOUNG; 

